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William Paul by attorney to William Newman

15 April 1859 · ODB 36/133

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
15 April 1859
From
William Paul
To
William Newman
Acting as
attorney
Land
  1. Tract 1: 72.78 acres
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: William Ward; Agness Parrish; Peter B Ruffin; Christmas
    Roads and landmarks: branch
  2. Tract 2: 2.5 acres
    Roads and landmarks: branch
Earlier title
both tracts being same purchased of Judson Riley
Citation
ODB 36/133
See the deed book page at the Register of Deeds →
A page can hold several deeds, and a long deed can run onto the next page.
Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 40018, “Record of Deeds, 1856-1862, Vols. 35, 36” (State Archives film).

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Title and grant references

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 36 (look for ODB 36/133). Our record above is drawn from it.

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